To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the "Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office".

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5655) to designate the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the ``Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office.''

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks.

I now yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I present H.R. 5655 for consideration. This measure designates the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service, located at 140 Northeast 84th Street, in Miami, Florida, as the Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office.

H.R. 5655 was introduced by our colleague, the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Kendrick Meek, on June 30, 2010. It was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which ordered it reported favorably by unanimous consent on July 28, 2010. It enjoys the support of the entire Florida delegation to the House.

Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. was the first African American member of the Florida cabinet since the end of Reconstruction, being appointed to that post in 1978. He is also remembered for his work as a civil rights activist, leading lunch counter sit-ins in Tallahassee during his days studying at Florida A&M. Mr. McCrary also had an esteemed legal career, serving as Florida's first African American assistant attorney general in 1967. He was renowned for his knowledge of constitutional law and for his skill at debate and argument.

In 2003, 2 years after Mr. McCrary suffered a disabling stroke, the Florida House passed a resolution honoring him as a ``living legend'' and as a ``preeminent authority on constitutional law who won 10 landmark cases presented before the Florida Supreme Court.'' His colleagues remember him as a dedicated public servant and as a fierce advocate for underserved communities. Sadly, Mr. McCrary died of lung cancer on October 29, 2007.

Mr. Speaker, let us now take time to honor the memory of this great public servant, Jesse J. McCrary, Jr., through the passage of H.R. 5655, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the bill.

I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the sponsor of the bill, the gentleman from Florida, Representative Kendrick Meek.

(Mr. MEEK of Florida asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. Speaker, may I again urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this measure.

I yield back the balance of my time.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Mr. Speaker, Jesse McCrary was an outstanding American, and I believe the chair did a very fine job in outlining his track record of what he was able to accomplish on behalf of not only this country, but of the State of Florida. He was a trailblazer in the first of many areas, a barrister of all barristers in the State of Florida, his memory being one of creating organizations for those who walked the trail that he actually made.

He started at the Wilkie Ferguson Bar Association, which is in south Florida. It is a place for young African American lawyers who join the legal field in the south Florida area. It is a place where they can go and share notes and can talk about experiences. They also receive professional advice from those who came before them.

Jesse McCrary was an American who believed in serving. Even though he was a legal eagle, he took time to talk to people in the public defender's office. He took time to talk to young lawyers in the State attorney's office. He took time to talk to 501(c)(3) lawyers and to share with them the importance of the legal community.

So I am very honored that we are moving this legislation forward to recognize his memory and enshrine it in south Florida, and I know the south Florida community will be forever grateful of the House of Representatives' endorsement of his memory and of his purpose.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the following postal namings be discharged from the Homeland Security Committee en bloc: S. 3592, H.R. 4602, H.R. 5133, H.R. 5605, H.R. 5606, H.R. 5655, H.R. 5877, and H.R. 6400.

Further, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of these bills and the immediate consideration of H.R. 6392 which was received from the House and is at the desk en bloc.

I ask unanimous consent that the bills be read three times and passed en bloc; the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate; and any statements relating to the bills be printed in the Record.

I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5655, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.